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Long story short: up until 3-4 months ago I had bad dinos for about a year that would wipe out any snails I put in the tank due to toxicity. I raised my nitrates to detectable levels (2-10 ppm) and continually keep my phosphate at 0.02 - 0.05 ppm. Both actually require me to dose those inorganics directly so that I can keep those numbers.
I've had pretty bad cyano on most of my sandbed for the last couple months or so. My approach has been to use julian's thing (basically a specialized turkey baster) to blast the sand every time it get's to unsightly levels (every 3 days or so). This breaks up the cyano and throws some detritus and other fine particles into the water column. I've done this dozens of times so far and it's been working, but the process just repeats itself. What can I do to get rid of this stuff? Should I vacuum my sand (I'd have to buy a proper vacuum like the python)? Should I get more sand sifters (I have 2 nassarius, used to have a diamond goby who got skinny then disappeared - probably jumped)?
Any kind of harsh chemical treatment would be a last resort for me. I'd like to keep things as mellow and natural as possible.
You can see the cyano in the front left of the photo. I already cleaned up the right side of the tank.
I've had pretty bad cyano on most of my sandbed for the last couple months or so. My approach has been to use julian's thing (basically a specialized turkey baster) to blast the sand every time it get's to unsightly levels (every 3 days or so). This breaks up the cyano and throws some detritus and other fine particles into the water column. I've done this dozens of times so far and it's been working, but the process just repeats itself. What can I do to get rid of this stuff? Should I vacuum my sand (I'd have to buy a proper vacuum like the python)? Should I get more sand sifters (I have 2 nassarius, used to have a diamond goby who got skinny then disappeared - probably jumped)?
Any kind of harsh chemical treatment would be a last resort for me. I'd like to keep things as mellow and natural as possible.
You can see the cyano in the front left of the photo. I already cleaned up the right side of the tank.